Tag: Economics
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LETTERS: Colorado is failing; becoming less affordable
Colorado is failing All the tax-paying citizens of Colorado are now witnessing the true damage the Democrats have done to our once great state of Colorado. The budget deficit started at a billion dollars, now the honest story is a billion five hundred million dollars in the HOLE. What is the real number? As of…
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‘Wouldn’t bet a bag of beaver nuggets.’ State of Tri-Lakes explores highs, lows
Palmer Lake Mayor Dennis Stern wasted no time getting to the town’s most polarizing topic when he took the podium at the State of the Tri-Lakes Region and Economic Forum Thursday at the Colorado Springs Marriott hotel. “I’ll start by addressing the elephant in the room, or should I say the beaver in the room,…
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Colorado Springs cost of living ties record
Rising apartment rents played a major role in pushing the cost of living in Colorado Springs to tie a 23-year-old record when compared with the national average, according to a new report. The local cost of living was 104% of the national average in the fourth quarter, up from 103.6% in the third quarter and…